tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post4782898538437003825..comments2017-08-06T13:55:13.299-06:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: Year A Solemnity of Corpus Christi- VespersDeacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-78547800581937031562008-05-27T08:56:00.000-06:002008-05-27T08:56:00.000-06:00After reading a healthy dose of Is It Possible to ...After reading a healthy dose of <i>Is It Possible to Live This Way?</i> yesterday, I would say that adoration and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament corresponds to one&#39;s desire. It takes time to work through the distractions, but the distractions only reveal to us our humanity, which constitutes who and what we are. Hence, too often we try to go beyond, but Christ in the Blessed Sacrament is here with us- here, now- not somewhere else. This, too, is where we are meant to be. It is not an accident.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-59428592314620843882008-05-27T08:48:00.000-06:002008-05-27T08:48:00.000-06:00You&#39;re right!You&#39;re right!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11951438226869811270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-51399894375092345122008-05-27T08:45:00.000-06:002008-05-27T08:45:00.000-06:00It doesn&#39;t solve anything, but it strengethens...It doesn&#39;t solve anything, but it strengethens one&#39;s resolve. Besides, disappointment is very far from discouragement.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-6209209905300201412008-05-27T08:35:00.000-06:002008-05-27T08:35:00.000-06:00I think it has a lot to do with what people are co...I think it has a lot to do with what people are comfortable with, how they&#39;ve been raised or catechized, etc. Younger people are willing to try new things, too. Where I live there is a significant population who take their weekly holy hour very seriously, but this doesn&#39;t solve all our human problems!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11951438226869811270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-72532341666768251372008-05-27T07:24:00.000-06:002008-05-27T07:24:00.000-06:00I am always disappointed at how few people take pa...I am always disappointed at how few people take part in adoration. We even have Benediction on Sunday evenings and not many avail themselves of that. I suppose that one encouraging sign is that some of those who do partcipate are younger people.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-18654641627152785612008-05-26T12:30:00.000-06:002008-05-26T12:30:00.000-06:00Hi! This reminds me of something that came up in ...Hi! This reminds me of something that came up in our School of Community this week -- several of us have a weekly Holy Hour, and many people were saying that during Eucharistic Adoration, they &quot;feel&quot; the presence of Christ, they can focus on Him, and it is &quot;easy&quot; to live their awareness of His power, but when they go into the messiness of daily life, they &quot;lose&quot; this feeling and forget the awareness. I proposed to them something that I myself do -- I set myself a holy hour, once a week, during which I go about my usual routine, but spend the hour adoring the presence of Christ in all the living tabernacles I meet along the path. I don&#39;t know yet whether anyone in my School of Community tried this, or what the results were, but I can say that it has been a very useful prayer in my own life, and has led to this awareness spilling out, and becoming much more intense, into the other hours of my life.Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11951438226869811270noreply@blogger.com